The Bio Suisse organic label guarantees notably: No synthetic fertiliser nor synthetic pesticide. No genetic engineering. Priority to short cycles and soft processing. Ecological compensation area and other measures for biodiversity. Animals fed with local organic fodder. No transport by plane. No colouring agent nor preservative.
Bio Suisse, a private-sector organization, is the federation of Swiss organic farmers
This umbrella organization counts 32 organic farmers' associations among its members, as well as the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL.
Common and uniform standards for agriculture and processing.
Common label, the "Bud" (German: Knospe); organic products carrying the Bud label has a market share in Switzerland of about 10.3%
More than 1'050 processing and trade companies have a licence contract with Bio Suisse to use the label